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385 vs. Wales

Wednesday, 21 October 1964
International Friendly Match

England 2 Belgium 2 [1-2]
 

 

Match Summary
England Squad
Belgium Squad

Empire Stadium, Wembley Park, Wembley, Middlesex
Attendance: 45,000;
Kick-off: 7.30pm BST
Second half live on BBC One (UK) - Commentator: Kenneth Wolstenholme

Belgium - Jean Cornelis (22), Paul Van Himst (42)
England - Fred Pickering (32), Laurent Verbiest (an own goal, deflecting in an Hinton shot 70)
Results 1960-1965

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Match Summary

Officials

England

Type

Belgium

Referee (-) - Concetto lo Bello
x (-).

Linesmen - tbc

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England Team

 

Rank:

No official ranking system established;
ELO rating 5th
Colours: The 1963 Bukta home jersey - White crew necked jerseys, white shorts, white socks.
Capt: Bobby Moore, ninth captaincy Manager: Alfred Ernest Ramsey, 44 (22 January 1920), appointed 25 October 1962, effective part-time 31 December, full from May 1963.
19th match, W 11 - D 3 - L 5 - F 59 - A 34.
England Lineup
  Waiters, Anthony K. 27 1 February 1937 G Blackpool FC 3 8ᵍᵃ
2 Cohen, George     RB Fulham FC 7 0
3 Thomson, Robert A. 20 5 December 1943 LB Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 6 0
4 Milne, Gordon 27 29 March 1937 RHB Liverpool FC 14 0
final app 1963-64
5 Norman, Maurice 30 8 May 1934 CHB Tottenham Hotspur FC 22 0
6 Moore, Robert F.C. 23 12 April 1941 LHB West Ham United FC 26 0
7 Thompson, Peter 21 27 November 1942 OR Liverpool FC 8 0
8 Greaves, James     IR Tottenham Hotspur FC 41 35
most goals 1964
9 Pickering, Frederick 23 19 January 1941 CF Everton FC 3 5
final app 1964
830 10 Venables, Terence F. 21 6 January 1943 IL Chelsea FC 1 0
11 Hinton, Alan T. 22 6 October 1942 OL Nottingham Forest FC 2 0

unused substitutes:

-

team notes:

Manager Alf Ramsey also played against Belgium in the two friendly victories, in May 1950 and November 1952.
 
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Averages:

Age - Appearances/Goals - -

 

Belgium Team

 

Rank:

No official ranking system established;
ELO rating 29th
Colours: Red jerseys, black shorts, red socks.
Capt: Armand Jurion Manager: Constant Vanden Stock
Belgium Lineup
  Nicolay, Jean     G     GA
2 Heylens, Georges     RB      
3 Verbiest, Laurent     LB      
4 Plaskie, Jean     RHB      
5 Cornelis, Jean     CHB      
6 Solun, Gérard     LHB      
7 Jurion, Armand     OR      
8 Vermeyen, Frans     IR      
9 Van Himst, Paul     CF      
10 van den Berg, Paul     IL      
11 Puis, Wilfried     OL      

unused substitutes:

-
 
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Averages:

Age - Appearances/Goals - -

 

    Match Report by Mike Payne

 

    Match Report by Norman Giller

Ramsey experimented with a new left wing partnership of Terry Venables and Alan Hinton against a Belgian side that included eight players from their league champions Anderlecht. It was Hinton whose shot was deflected into the net for an equalizing goal in the seventieth minute. For Venables, selection completed a unique collection of England caps at all levels – schools, youth, amateur, Under-23 and full. Belgian playmaker Jurion was the first captain to skipper a side at Wembley wearing spectacles. If there had been any justice, the superbly organized Belgians would have become the third overseas side to beat England at Wembley. They had the best player on the pitch in Paul Van Himst, an artist of an attacking footballer who was always a thought and a deed ahead of the England defenders.

Source Notes

TheFA.com
Original newspaper reports
Rothman's Yearbooks
Mike Payne's England: The Complete Post-War Record (Breedon Books Publishing Company, Derby, U.K., 1993)
Norman Giller
, Football Author

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CG